Admission Essay Example: JET Program

📌Category: Education, Higher Education, Japan, Life, Work, World
📌Words: 626
📌Pages: 3
📌Published: 19 April 2022

With the ALT position I know I will not only be able to have many beautiful experiences; I will also be able to share my life and experiences with all the people I meet and maybe have an impact on the lives of the children I would be teaching as well as the staff that I will be working alongside. I enjoy leading and guiding people to feel comfortable in learning new skills and the JET program is the perfect opportunity to do this. I have been interested in Japan for years and the chance to be able to not only teach others and share my experiences but to also build new experiences and in turn learn from them is such a wonderful thing.  

Whichever community I have the pleasure of being placed in, I plan to join in on all the activities and even teach them things about my home and my culture. Most of my interests and hobbies are centered around music and art. I play several instruments and love discussing the music of many genres from all over the world, and I know I could incorporate this into the community, maybe in the form of a music group or an after-school club, or even a culture exchange meetup group with the local people on a reoccurring basis to build relationships within the community. I want to leave an impact on the people I meet in Japan. I want to teach as much about my personal culture, experiences, and life in America; I believe this could give them the same motivation to learn English as I have to learn the Japanese language. I also want to be able to come back to America and share my experiences with all of my family and friends who don’t know much about Japanese culture.

I believe I have strong leadership skills and I enjoy creating a space where everyone present feels comfortable and heard, and I actively try to find ways to connect with people in hopes of helping them feel more comfortable around me; I know this will translate well into the role of an Assistant Language Teacher since I will be interacting with many people of various ages. In high school, I was the president and founder of my school's Chinese Club. This attracted so many different types of students, different cultures and ages who all had a common interest in learning about a different culture from their own and I am proud to have been able to usher in this space that is still present today years later for new students to enjoy.

I have an interest in Japanese Culture and spiritual practices and want to learn more about the world view of different people in Japan compared to mine. I have the mindset that nobody truly knows the nature of the world around us, and everyone’s experiences and perceptions are unique to them; applying this to every aspect of my life has helped me to learn a lot. I also have an intense desire to be literate in Japanese. If I immerse myself into the culture of Japan, I know with practice and determination I will learn to not only speak Japanese but also understand cultural aspects of Japan that I could only gain from living it; there is only so much a person can learn from research and that will never replace life experiences. It’s one thing to learn a language in a classroom and another to observe all the small nuances and quirks that bring life and context to the language. I have left the country several times before, and each time I returned a new person with brand beautiful new experiences that I would have never obtained had I not taken a chance on something new. I want to go to Japan and come back home a different person again with more beautiful experiences that I will never be able to replace as well as positively impact the lives of the people I encounter during this experience.

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